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The best executive is the one
who has sense enough to pick
good men to do what he wants
done, and self-restraint enough
to keep from meddling with them
while they do it.
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT
I L I N O I S WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Bloom
Campus Chest Opens November 22
With Dance in Memorial Center
Campus Chest will begin its alone includes 30 separate organ-year
of fund raising on Novem- izations such as the Red Cross,
ber 22, 1958, with a dance from Cancer, Cerebral Palsey, Heart
9-12 in Memorial Center. The Fund, etc.
music will be provided by a well- What better way is there to
known orchestra and the admis- start the Thanksgiving week -
sion is only $2.00 a couple.
Campus Chest is getting off to
an early start this year because
of the new all-high goal of $2,000
for the 1958-59 year. There will
be many events through the year
and all those events will lead up
to the Campus Chest Carnival
which will be held Saturday, Mar.
7, 1958, in the IWU Gym.
The basis of awards will be a
little different this year -with
the King and Queen trophy being
awarded separately as usual, but
with the Sorority Booth trophy
and Fraternity Booth trophy be-ing
awarded on the basis of the
added accumulative amount giv-en
by each organization after
every Campus Chest event.
Tickets for the dance will be
sold beforehand', and at the door.
At the door there will be a sep-arate
container for every organ-ization
and into your organiza-tion's
container you will drop
.your name signed .ticket. Then
'before the dance is over, the sor-ority
or fraternity or Indee group
contributing the highest amount,
placing them ahead on the run-ning
of the booth trophy, will be
announced.
Keep the date of November 22
open and patronize the Campus
Chest drive for 1958-59. The pro-ceeds
will go to such organiza-tions
as the United Fund-which
Argus Announces
Staff Promotions
John Shea, Karen Hillstad,
Richard Burow, Dale Troyer, Da-vid
James, and Doris Andresen
have been promoted, announced
Dennis Stark, Editor of The Ar-gus,
recently.
John Shea, who has been man-aging
Editor, is promoted to the
position .of Acting Assistant Edi-tor
in charge of the Publication
Department. Karen Hillestad,
who will work with-John Shea,
has been promoted from News
Editor to Assistant Managing Ed-itor.
Richard Burow has been pro-moted
to Assistant Business
Manager in charge of Account-ing,
Advertising, and Circula-tion.
Dale Troyer has been pro-moted
to Assistant Office Man-ager
and will be responsible for
maintenance of The Argus office
and for procuring and control-ling
supplies. David James has
been promoted to Assistant Per-sonnel
Manager.
Doris Andresen has been pro-moted
to News Editor. In this
position she will be in charge of
all the news written and will
work with Karen Hillestad.
remember November 2;2, and give
your thanks by giving to those
who aren't so fortunate! Remem-ber
the goal this year is $2,000.
(Ed. Note: This article was
written by Nancy Green, Campus
Chest chairman. It presents the
committee's plans well.)
Faculty Recital
R. Dwight Drexler, pianist, pre-sented
the first faculty recital of
the year, Thursday evening, Oc-tober
9, in Presser Hall.
To open his concert, Mr. Drex-ler
played the "Allegro, Andante,
and Presto" from Mozart's "Son-ata
in G Major, K. 283." His next
selections were by J. S. Bach, the
"Prelude, Allemande, Courante,
Sarabande, Bourree, and Gigue"
from the "English Suite in A Mi-nor."
He closed the program with
Robert Schumann's "Symphonic
Etudes, Op. 13," studies in the
form of variations.
Hamilton To Play
For Homecoming
Dale Hamilton and his orches-tra
from the University of Illi-nois
will be featured at the
Homecoming dance Saturday
evening, October 25. Dancing will
be from 9 to 12 p.m.
The Hamilton 'band has ap-peared'
at the Chevy Chase Ball-room,
Chicago; DePauw Univer-sity;
Eastern Illinois College;
Millikin University; and the Uni-versity
of Illinois.
Recently Dale Hamilton and
members of his band worked with
the Ralph Marterie Orchestra.
The price of admission i $2
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DALE HAMILTON
ington, Illinois, Friday, October 17, 1958 No. 6
Scott Anderson To Present
All-School Informal Saturday
An all-school informal dance
will be held this Saturday night
from 8:30 until 11:30 in Magill
Hall's basement.
Prices will be 15 cents stag and
25 cents a couple. The dance is
'being, sponsored by the Inde-pendent
Students Association:
Dr. Scott Anderson, physicist
and director of the Anderson
Physical Laboratories, Cham-paign,
Ill., will present a lecture
demonstration entitled "Vide Et
Crede?" at the All-School Con-vocation
October 22. "Seeing Is
Believing?" is a translation of
Dr. Anderson's topic, which
deals with the micro-mechanics
of optical phenomena.
Dr. Anderson majored in phys-ics
at Illinois Wesleyan, earning
his B.S. with the Class of 1935.
The University of Illinois award-
.ed him an M.S. in 1936 and a
Ph.D. in 1940. He subsequently
completed- a semester's study in
the College of Law at the U. of I.
Dr. Anderson attended, high
school and played football in
Lexington, Illinois, where his fa-ther
was pastor of the Methodist
Church.
Before founding the Anderson
Physical Laboratory in Cham-paign,
Illinois, Dr. Anderson
served the Aluminum Company
of America as an associate phys-icist,
Carnegie Institute of Tech-nology
and Carleton College as
an assistant professor of physics,
and the Ed Croutz research
group at the University of Chi-cago
as an associate. In 1952-53,
he took time from his own lab-oratory
to teach as professor and
acting chairman of the physics
department of Illinois Wesleyan.
He is a Fellow of the American
Physical Society, a member of'the
American Association of Physics
Teachers, the Optical Society of
America, the American Ceramic
Society, the American Chemical
Society, and others.
He has been invited to address
numerous scientific groups and
has written for many scientific
publications. Phi Kappa Phi, Sig-ma
Xi, Pi Gamma Mu, and Theta
Alpha Phi have also honored
him. He has held several offices
in Theta Chi.
Dr. Anderson is a member of
IWU's Science Advisory Commit-tee
and was on the IWU Summer
Science Institute staff last sum-mer.
He has served on the Alum-ni
Council and was Alumni As-sociation
president in 1956-57. He
is now the alumni representative
on the Wesleyan Board of Trus-tees.
Episcopoi Will Meet Tuesday
Episcopoi, a campus organiza-tion
for all students interested
in Christian vocations, will hold
its second meeting of the year
Tuesday, October 21, at 8 p.m., at
the Western Avenue Community
Center.
The Reverend Harry Smith,
pastor at the Community Center,
will be the speaker.
Attends Conference
Mrs. Betty Rutter, instructor in
Home Economics, attended the
National Foods and Nutrition
Conference for college teachers
October 3 and 4 in Chicago.
The group workshops discussed
curriculum planning, revision of
texts, and integration of science
research as it affects the teach-ing
of nutrition.
Teachers Needed
By Los Angeles
H. W. Baldwin, personnel rep-resentative
of the Los Angeles
school system, will be in Chicago
at the. Conrad Hilton Hotel on
October 25, 26, 27, and on De-cember
5, 6, 7, and 8. Mr. Bald-win
is particularly interested in
meeting those who will be avail-able
to teach in February, 1959,
Any prospective teachers who
are interested in teaching in the
Los Angeles school system and
wish to set up an interview with
Mr. Baldwin should contact Mrs.
Watt in the Placement Office.
SCOTT ANDERSON
IWA Initiates
Independent Women's Associa-tion
held its formal initiation
Monday, October 13. The initiates
were Betsy Platts, Valparaiso,
Ind.; Nancy Dnorah, Fox River
Grove; Doris Harrnacker, Rome,
N.Y.; Betty Fehrenback, Sum-mit;
Diane Jones, Cary; Julie
West, Rye, N.Y.; Susan Larson,
Elmwood Park; Ann Lessing,
Hinsdale; Bobbie Hill, Arlington
Heights; Donna Frair, Pawnee;
Lois Gloner, Chicago; Gayle
Hansen, Chicago; Judy St. John,
Belvidere; Sharon Cleary, Pekin;
and Lucille Holmes, Rockton.
The IWA is sorry to announce
that its president, Janet Thomp-son,
has to resign for reasons of
health. The vice-president, Sue
Rittner, will serve as president
for the remainder of the year.
STUDENT SENATE REPORT
Spring Festival Petitions Due;
Colton Urges $2 Flu Shots
Petitions for the Spring Festi- groups were not represented. At
val and Mother's Day chairman- Monday's meeting, these five had
ships were called for Monday by reporters in attendance.
Roger Colton, Student Senate
President. They will be due Mon-day
noon at the Memorial Center
Desk.
Roger said that petitions must
include the applicant's name, ac-cumulative
grade average and
the reason the position is de-sired.
"During. the last few years a
girl has always had the chair-manship
of Spring Festival, but
the position is open to any soph-omore
boy or girl," Roger said.
Two weeks ago, when a cam-pus
organization roll call was
made to determine how many
student organizations had ob-servers
at Senate meetings, five
Roger pointed out to these re-porters
that they are just as
much a part of the Senate as an
elected member, except that they
attend in a non-voting capacity.
Open Library Sunday
"Keep the library open Sun-day
evenings!" seemed to be the
cry according to a poll of organ-izations
by Senate representa-tives
and reporters. This poll was
made at the request of Tami
Lartz, Social Events and Welfare
Commission chairman.
Sue McCullough, chairman of
a new Honor System Committee
set up last week to investigate
(Continued on page 3)
THE
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The best executive is the one
who has sense enough to pick
good men to do what he wants
done, and self-restraint enough
to keep from meddling with them
while they do it.
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT
I L I N O I S WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Bloom
Campus Chest Opens November 22
With Dance in Memorial Center
Campus Chest will begin its alone includes 30 separate organ-year
of fund raising on Novem- izations such as the Red Cross,
ber 22, 1958, with a dance from Cancer, Cerebral Palsey, Heart
9-12 in Memorial Center. The Fund, etc.
music will be provided by a well- What better way is there to
known orchestra and the admis- start the Thanksgiving week -
sion is only $2.00 a couple.
Campus Chest is getting off to
an early start this year because
of the new all-high goal of $2,000
for the 1958-59 year. There will
be many events through the year
and all those events will lead up
to the Campus Chest Carnival
which will be held Saturday, Mar.
7, 1958, in the IWU Gym.
The basis of awards will be a
little different this year -with
the King and Queen trophy being
awarded separately as usual, but
with the Sorority Booth trophy
and Fraternity Booth trophy be-ing
awarded on the basis of the
added accumulative amount giv-en
by each organization after
every Campus Chest event.
Tickets for the dance will be
sold beforehand', and at the door.
At the door there will be a sep-arate
container for every organ-ization
and into your organiza-tion's
container you will drop
.your name signed .ticket. Then
'before the dance is over, the sor-ority
or fraternity or Indee group
contributing the highest amount,
placing them ahead on the run-ning
of the booth trophy, will be
announced.
Keep the date of November 22
open and patronize the Campus
Chest drive for 1958-59. The pro-ceeds
will go to such organiza-tions
as the United Fund-which
Argus Announces
Staff Promotions
John Shea, Karen Hillstad,
Richard Burow, Dale Troyer, Da-vid
James, and Doris Andresen
have been promoted, announced
Dennis Stark, Editor of The Ar-gus,
recently.
John Shea, who has been man-aging
Editor, is promoted to the
position .of Acting Assistant Edi-tor
in charge of the Publication
Department. Karen Hillestad,
who will work with-John Shea,
has been promoted from News
Editor to Assistant Managing Ed-itor.
Richard Burow has been pro-moted
to Assistant Business
Manager in charge of Account-ing,
Advertising, and Circula-tion.
Dale Troyer has been pro-moted
to Assistant Office Man-ager
and will be responsible for
maintenance of The Argus office
and for procuring and control-ling
supplies. David James has
been promoted to Assistant Per-sonnel
Manager.
Doris Andresen has been pro-moted
to News Editor. In this
position she will be in charge of
all the news written and will
work with Karen Hillestad.
remember November 2;2, and give
your thanks by giving to those
who aren't so fortunate! Remem-ber
the goal this year is $2,000.
(Ed. Note: This article was
written by Nancy Green, Campus
Chest chairman. It presents the
committee's plans well.)
Faculty Recital
R. Dwight Drexler, pianist, pre-sented
the first faculty recital of
the year, Thursday evening, Oc-tober
9, in Presser Hall.
To open his concert, Mr. Drex-ler
played the "Allegro, Andante,
and Presto" from Mozart's "Son-ata
in G Major, K. 283." His next
selections were by J. S. Bach, the
"Prelude, Allemande, Courante,
Sarabande, Bourree, and Gigue"
from the "English Suite in A Mi-nor."
He closed the program with
Robert Schumann's "Symphonic
Etudes, Op. 13," studies in the
form of variations.
Hamilton To Play
For Homecoming
Dale Hamilton and his orches-tra
from the University of Illi-nois
will be featured at the
Homecoming dance Saturday
evening, October 25. Dancing will
be from 9 to 12 p.m.
The Hamilton 'band has ap-peared'
at the Chevy Chase Ball-room,
Chicago; DePauw Univer-sity;
Eastern Illinois College;
Millikin University; and the Uni-versity
of Illinois.
Recently Dale Hamilton and
members of his band worked with
the Ralph Marterie Orchestra.
The price of admission i $2
p.e.r .c.ou..p.l.e.................. ....................... .... .... .. .. . . ...... ... .. .. ... . ... .. ..... ... ... ..... . .. ... .. .. . ... .. . . .... .....
DALE HAMILTON
ington, Illinois, Friday, October 17, 1958 No. 6
Scott Anderson To Present
All-School Informal Saturday
An all-school informal dance
will be held this Saturday night
from 8:30 until 11:30 in Magill
Hall's basement.
Prices will be 15 cents stag and
25 cents a couple. The dance is
'being, sponsored by the Inde-pendent
Students Association:
Dr. Scott Anderson, physicist
and director of the Anderson
Physical Laboratories, Cham-paign,
Ill., will present a lecture
demonstration entitled "Vide Et
Crede?" at the All-School Con-vocation
October 22. "Seeing Is
Believing?" is a translation of
Dr. Anderson's topic, which
deals with the micro-mechanics
of optical phenomena.
Dr. Anderson majored in phys-ics
at Illinois Wesleyan, earning
his B.S. with the Class of 1935.
The University of Illinois award-
.ed him an M.S. in 1936 and a
Ph.D. in 1940. He subsequently
completed- a semester's study in
the College of Law at the U. of I.
Dr. Anderson attended, high
school and played football in
Lexington, Illinois, where his fa-ther
was pastor of the Methodist
Church.
Before founding the Anderson
Physical Laboratory in Cham-paign,
Illinois, Dr. Anderson
served the Aluminum Company
of America as an associate phys-icist,
Carnegie Institute of Tech-nology
and Carleton College as
an assistant professor of physics,
and the Ed Croutz research
group at the University of Chi-cago
as an associate. In 1952-53,
he took time from his own lab-oratory
to teach as professor and
acting chairman of the physics
department of Illinois Wesleyan.
He is a Fellow of the American
Physical Society, a member of'the
American Association of Physics
Teachers, the Optical Society of
America, the American Ceramic
Society, the American Chemical
Society, and others.
He has been invited to address
numerous scientific groups and
has written for many scientific
publications. Phi Kappa Phi, Sig-ma
Xi, Pi Gamma Mu, and Theta
Alpha Phi have also honored
him. He has held several offices
in Theta Chi.
Dr. Anderson is a member of
IWU's Science Advisory Commit-tee
and was on the IWU Summer
Science Institute staff last sum-mer.
He has served on the Alum-ni
Council and was Alumni As-sociation
president in 1956-57. He
is now the alumni representative
on the Wesleyan Board of Trus-tees.
Episcopoi Will Meet Tuesday
Episcopoi, a campus organiza-tion
for all students interested
in Christian vocations, will hold
its second meeting of the year
Tuesday, October 21, at 8 p.m., at
the Western Avenue Community
Center.
The Reverend Harry Smith,
pastor at the Community Center,
will be the speaker.
Attends Conference
Mrs. Betty Rutter, instructor in
Home Economics, attended the
National Foods and Nutrition
Conference for college teachers
October 3 and 4 in Chicago.
The group workshops discussed
curriculum planning, revision of
texts, and integration of science
research as it affects the teach-ing
of nutrition.
Teachers Needed
By Los Angeles
H. W. Baldwin, personnel rep-resentative
of the Los Angeles
school system, will be in Chicago
at the. Conrad Hilton Hotel on
October 25, 26, 27, and on De-cember
5, 6, 7, and 8. Mr. Bald-win
is particularly interested in
meeting those who will be avail-able
to teach in February, 1959,
Any prospective teachers who
are interested in teaching in the
Los Angeles school system and
wish to set up an interview with
Mr. Baldwin should contact Mrs.
Watt in the Placement Office.
SCOTT ANDERSON
IWA Initiates
Independent Women's Associa-tion
held its formal initiation
Monday, October 13. The initiates
were Betsy Platts, Valparaiso,
Ind.; Nancy Dnorah, Fox River
Grove; Doris Harrnacker, Rome,
N.Y.; Betty Fehrenback, Sum-mit;
Diane Jones, Cary; Julie
West, Rye, N.Y.; Susan Larson,
Elmwood Park; Ann Lessing,
Hinsdale; Bobbie Hill, Arlington
Heights; Donna Frair, Pawnee;
Lois Gloner, Chicago; Gayle
Hansen, Chicago; Judy St. John,
Belvidere; Sharon Cleary, Pekin;
and Lucille Holmes, Rockton.
The IWA is sorry to announce
that its president, Janet Thomp-son,
has to resign for reasons of
health. The vice-president, Sue
Rittner, will serve as president
for the remainder of the year.
STUDENT SENATE REPORT
Spring Festival Petitions Due;
Colton Urges $2 Flu Shots
Petitions for the Spring Festi- groups were not represented. At
val and Mother's Day chairman- Monday's meeting, these five had
ships were called for Monday by reporters in attendance.
Roger Colton, Student Senate
President. They will be due Mon-day
noon at the Memorial Center
Desk.
Roger said that petitions must
include the applicant's name, ac-cumulative
grade average and
the reason the position is de-sired.
"During. the last few years a
girl has always had the chair-manship
of Spring Festival, but
the position is open to any soph-omore
boy or girl," Roger said.
Two weeks ago, when a cam-pus
organization roll call was
made to determine how many
student organizations had ob-servers
at Senate meetings, five
Roger pointed out to these re-porters
that they are just as
much a part of the Senate as an
elected member, except that they
attend in a non-voting capacity.
Open Library Sunday
"Keep the library open Sun-day
evenings!" seemed to be the
cry according to a poll of organ-izations
by Senate representa-tives
and reporters. This poll was
made at the request of Tami
Lartz, Social Events and Welfare
Commission chairman.
Sue McCullough, chairman of
a new Honor System Committee
set up last week to investigate
(Continued on page 3)
THE
vol. 65
Drexier Presents Home Ec Teacher
IL 1 I rl
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